Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-18
TO WARWICK,
An Open Letter to the Leader OF The
New Improved Double Back Action
Democracy OF Texas.
From a Young Democrat of the Strictes:
Sect, and Not in Search ofa
Political Footing.
FORT Worth, TEN, Aug. Il, lss7.

OF an obscure position in the ranks OF the |
Democratic party of Texas 1 lift my voice |
in protest at the unwarranted assunp-
ton OF your present political attitude snd |
fam would ask "Upon what me at doth |
this cur Caesar iced that he hath grown /
SO great"
When you we're crowned with the
wreath Of leadership by the Dallas con-
vtntioR was there included in
your credentials the apostolic
power to proclaim Democratic prin-
ciples that Gra peculiar and
Republican principles that are vAip?
Did that same wreath plucked with
vandsl hards from the brow Of Mr.. Gibbs
carry with the swords Of PianJagenet
Democracy and Somerset publiCauism?
Did your appointment as chairman of the
state executive committee of the anti
prohibition forces give you official power
TO mingle the colors OF the two roses and
entwire them into g Il. Q Mills, George
Clarke, Arch Cochran, Melville Wade
rosette, as it were, and label the same,
"New Born Texas Democrscy?n If SO,
why SO? If not, why, and upon what
assumption do you now prescribe
"ianaticsl leaders" Of prohibit
ton for whom you have no
truce? Do you arrogantly suppose
that you are the mouthpiece of Democ-
racy in Texas? Do you for & moment
suppose you are better Democrat than
that grand old ultimus Romansrum, John
II. Reagan? Is there belief in your
mind that "Old Dave" CulbeTsou, ex-
! Senator MaxeY and others equally as
honored in the history of Texas Democ-
racy are 'fanatical leaders" who ten
tered the Democratic house with trea-
son in their hearts?"
Come now, con the dead squsre"-sS
the boys say-were you not joking when
you had that interview with the News re-
porter? Or were you like the Turk,
"dreaming of the hour when these self
same ''fanatical lesders," IN supplisnCe
bent, would CrookIthe kree, obedient to
your will? Did you really mean that
"we''-ClarB, Cochran ct sl.-"have no
truce" for fanatics like Rea-
gan, MsXey, Culberson, Dun
eau, HerndOn and Othersi
Did Won really think you had drawn the
awful circle % the snti-church around the
: dismembered Democracy, and that moi
one Of these fanatics could cross the Line
without permission from Richeleu Clark
carnage Of the battle on the 4.h of Angus
! new bora Democracy was brought Il
light in the room Of the Authorization
f State Executive Committee, and that ycl
! were endowed with apostolic power Il
proclaim its principles, lines anl
boundaries? Did you really think tina
c pour giant-Nke efforts on the successful
= side of an 'fsolsted issue" gave yol
. power and permission to supply blanI
= in your party platform? If so, you SHOULD
= apply for q commission to examine inUC
1 your case, and | would recommed Hon
: Richard Coke as chairman Of the com
q mittee.
: When the brilliant Rory O'Moore dUbbe
you "Warwick" you had only give
promise OF your present greatness. Yo1
4 had not been the master hand in the ROs
I campaign for the gubernstonal nomina
h ton. You were then content to sit in tn
4 ranks Of your party and be guided by it
utterances in convention assembled
y The white rose was then a small tud
2 encased in the rigid covering OF part
q fealty. Even up to the Galveston con
vention Of 1886 your genius was sub
> merged, but felt. You offered no protes
= that l know of against that plank O
+ "ocal option" now so odlOus to yeu
q nostrils. Nc; the party passed the plan
o through the convention without mur
. muir OF disapprovsl On the t>oor of tn,
h convention. II you then knew Of "fs
y natical leaders" with treason /
4 their hearts," why did yo
O not file e protest then
. You did not. Then came the act OF tn
! last Legislature, upon the recommends
# ton Of the Governor, inspired no dout
n by the declaration Of that twelfth plan
d IN the platform Of the party, su omit'in
" the amendment to the people. Then
20 Democratic Governor, guided probably
a that same plank, endorsed the action {
II the Legislature and recommended thatItt
# question be voted upon as an "isolate
II issue" The platform Of the party we
70 silent on prohibition, with an express d,
10 claratiOn that local option issues need NJ
r. interfere with party fealty; 8 Democrat
q Legislature submitted the question and
Democratic Governor endorsed the &C
Still you say that leaders who voted fl
it are not entitled to remain in the Den
ocrstic RANKS. BY what kind Sof ment
sleight-of- haud do you reach this,concII
er sion?
My dear Warwick, rumOr, that unspi
itusl deity that envelopes all public cha
oe acters in various colored clouds, has sa
= that you are the star chamber adviser
~ his eXcelleICy, Governor L. S. Ross.
. will assume that you occupy close rel
81 lions with the chief executive and ask "
ke If it was undemocratic for the Govern,
he To indorse the action Of the Legislatu
he and recommend that the question
id voted upon as an isolated issue? II no
as why not? and If so, why did not the Co
st ernor veto the resolution?
he When Mr.. Gibbs penned his famo1
letters of inquiry to various Democra
Of prominence in the state, you were 81
in the background. The man was her
if Warwick waited, and the ho'
e, came in due time. The call for the DIS
las convention Was issued, the CONVEX
ton met, and Mr. Gibbs Was dethronet
US Then you developed into full-blov
ed white rose Warwick. l do not know no
re you usurped the sceptre of Mr.. Glib
De but you emerged from the conventic
OF with the credential wreath of leadersh
Ill around your brow. The faces of mat
life long Democrats fsmilisr in Tex
politics, was not seen in tina. convention
The craftsmanship OF Coke, the fdei7
OF MaXey, and the rugged, staun:
st Democracy OF Culberson, were not the
hit they had become "Ianatical leaders
over an isolated issue. The battle W
cd fought. Prohibition trailed its banner
-ar tie dust raised by a hundred thousal
10 majority against it. AS political iss
in Texas, it was very much dead VIII
- the sun set on the 4 b Of August Iat
~ But there were discussions among life-lo
rbn IN I,@l; oy